ingrate
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- noun
- /ˈɪnˌɡreɪt/
- Offensive
:
ingrato
- Despite all their support, he remained an ingrate and failed to express any gratitude.
- little ingrates
- bunch of ingrates
- self-centered ingrate
You were viewed then as the ingrate, the spoiled child in other people's eyes because you didn't see how great your parents were.
- You were viewed then as the ingrate, the spoiled child in other people's eyes because you didn't see how great your parents were.
- Donald Trump couldn't be here tonight to accept the ward, the ingrate.
Examples
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I'm no ingrate, Mr. Barber.
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She never thanked him for the gift, which made her seem like an ingrate.
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I'm some kind of ingrate to forget that.
Fiction book (1991) -
You're an ingrate, you know that?
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You know, I'm beginning to think you're an ingrate.
Fiction book (1991) -
You've already done so much, you must think me the biggest ingrate you've ever known."
Fiction book (1991) -
Don't be an ingrate.
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I didn't have another present, and if I stalled any longer, they'd see me for the selfish ingrate I really was.
Fiction book (1994) -
Many regarded him as an ingrate because he never appreciated the help he received.
Synonyms
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Someone who does not say thank you when people help them
A person who does not appreciate help or kindness
How Grateful
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
ingrate = grateful (semi-transparent) = in + grat
The word is formed with the negative prefix 'in-' plus the root grat- (seen in 'grateful'/'gratitude'), so learners familiar with those words can often infer 'ingrate', but the root form is not a standalone English word and orthographic/etymological factors make the relation imperfectly transparent.
Etymology
Ingrate comes from the parts in- 'not' and gratus 'pleasing', the same root you see in grateful. So an ingrate is someone who is 'not thankful'.